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Learn more about Cassidy, who started as the nation's first restaurant management apprentice and is now a Sous Chef at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant.
Since 1987, we’ve helped nearly 2,000 students with merit-based undergraduate scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.
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The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) is proud to celebrate Veteran's Day and National Veterans and Military Families month this November. The NRAEF also announced the recipients of the Hormel Heroes Scholarship, supporting students with military backgrounds pursuing careers in culinary arts or a foodservice management related program.
$375,000 in “ProStart Grow Grants” will help deserving high schools to add ProStart to their curricula or improve their existing ProStart programs.
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